The mayor of Quezon City () is the head of the executive branch of

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's government. The mayor holds office at the Quezon City Hall. Like all local government heads in the

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, the mayor is elected via

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, and may not be elected for a fourth consecutive term (although the former mayor may return to office after an interval of one term). In case of death, resignation or incapacity, the vice mayor becomes the mayor. Until 1951, the Mayor of Quezon City was appointed by the

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. Through Republic Act No. 537 signed by President

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on June 16, 1950, Quezon City had its first mayoralty election on November 13, 1951.

List

Appointed ad interim mayor by President

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effective October 23, 1939, but his appointment paper was signed by Quezon on November 10, 1939 showed the effective date from October 12, 1939.
Arrested by the

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forces during their occupation.
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.
Mayor of the

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which included Quezon City.

Elections

* 1951 Quezon City mayoral election * 1955 Quezon City mayoral election *

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* 1971 Quezon City mayoral election *

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* 1992 Quezon City local elections * 1995 Quezon City local elections *

1998 Quezon City local elections 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

2001 Quezon City local elections Local elections were held in Quezon City on May 14, 2001, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the four Congressmen, and the councilors, 6 in each of the cit ...

2004 Quezon City local elections Local elections was held in Quezon City on May 10, 2004, within the Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, the four Congressmen, and the councilors, six in each of the cit ...

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2010 Quezon City local elections Local elections were held in Quezon City on May 10, 2010, within the 2010 Philippine general election, Philippine general election. The voters elected for the elective local posts in the city: the mayor, vice mayor, four District representatives ...

* 2013 Quezon City local elections * 2016 Quezon City local elections *

2019 Quezon City local elections Local elections were held in Quezon City on May 13, 2019 within the 2019 Philippine general election, Philippine general election. Registered voters of the city elected candidates for the following elective local posts: mayor, vice mayor, distric ...

2022 Quezon City local elections Local elections were held at Quezon City on May 9, 2022, as part of the Philippine general election. Held concurrently with the national elections, the electorate voted to elect a mayor, a vice mayor, thirty-six city council members and six d ...

2025 Quezon City local elections Local elections are scheduled to be held in Quezon City on May 12, 2025, as part of the 2025 Philippine general election. The electorate will elect a mayor, a vice mayor, 36 members of the Quezon City Council, and six district representatives to ...

Vice Mayor of Quezon City

The vice mayor is the second-highest official in the city. The vice mayor is elected via popular vote; although most mayoral candidates have running mates, the vice mayor is elected separately from the mayor. This can result in the mayor and the vice mayor coming from different political parties. The vice mayor is the presiding officer of the

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. The vice mayor can only vote as the tiebreaker. When a mayor is removed from office, the vice mayor becomes the mayor until the scheduled next election.

List of vice mayors of Quezon City

References

Sources

Sangguniang Panlungsod of Quezon City
* {{Mayors of Quezon City

Local government in Quezon City

Mayors of Quezon City The mayor of Quezon City () is the head of the executive branch of Quezon City's government. The mayor holds office at the Quezon City Hall. Like all local government heads in the Philippines, the mayor is elected via first past the post, popul ...

Politics of Quezon City